GARMENT EXPORTS58Summer Internship Report y Sewing audit :In sewing process the inspection is done in two areas, they

are 1 . In line audit: H ere the garments are checked during their different stages of manufacturing. H ere the entire manufacturing process for a particular garmentis split into the required number of parts may be two three and then at theend of each stage the inspection is carried out by the person whose main job isauditing. F or example if the garment that is being manufactured is a shirt then the entiremanufacturing process is broken down into stages like, the finish of front,finish if back, sleeve attach finish and then the entire shirt. In this case theshirt is being checked at each stage and the auditing personnel will be provided by certain specifications and also the tolerance limits based on whichhe checks the garment. H ere every single garment is checked. 2. End line audit : H ere the garments are checked after the entire process is over and thespecifications are mainly based on the dimensions of the garment at the critical positions and then the placements of the labels. y Button/button hole : In this area the auditing is mainly done by the operator himself as the job is limited, it is just button attachment that has to be done and the operator does it himself as and when he finishes his part of the job with the garmentand the operator will be given or taught about the specifications for thegarment to attach the button/ making the button holes.After the auditing is done in each and every stage the defects, findings and other relatedinformation will be recorded by the concerned departments in their own formats and they will be sent to the respective departments for rectification GARMENT EXPORTS59Summer Internship Report 2.17. FINISHING DEPARTMENT Functioning of the Department

: The finishing department is the department which comes after all the departments andit plays an equally important role in the final appearance of the garment. This departmentincludes majorly of the following steps, y Trimming : This involves the removal of the extra threads from the garment at the stitched areas. y Inspection :The inspection carried out here is according to the A Q L 2 . 5 system and sometimes itdepends on the buyer also i.e., if the buyer emphasizes for a 1 00 % inspection then thecompany has to do as specified. y Semi pressing : This happens when a garment is difficult to inspect in the crushes manner as it comesfrom the washing department hence, they do a partial pressing for the garments andthen inspect it and trim it and then send it to the complete pressing process. y Pressing : The pressing is done after the garment has been completely inspected and thegarments are pressed on the basis of how they will be folded during packing. y Tagging section : O nce the garments are been done with the inspection and complete pressing then theyare sent for tagging the labels and the labels include the size labels, price tags andmiscellaneous labels if any required by the buyer.

O nce the tagging is done thegarments are folded according to the buyers specification and also they are either folded plainly or sometimes they are folded after they are put to the hangers as per the buyers specifications again.The packing material, PCB details, number of size ratios that are supposed to be put in are all suggested by the buyer and the packing is done according to thesespecifications. GARMENT EXPORTS60Summer Internship Report y Packing : The packing is always done in the carton boxes and there are several criteria for the packing of the garments they are as follows,There are generally two kinds of packing the garment, 1 . The garment is individually packed/wrapped in the poly bag whose design will be specified by the buyer i.e., either with the hanger attached or plain poly bag packing and then the entire garments (as per the packing criteria) is arrangedin the carton box. 2 . The other method is that the garments are just folded and arranged in thecarton boxes without putting them in the poly bag.The packing criteria followed in each carton box as already mentioned is done in differentways which is as follows, y Solid Packing : In this method of packing, the carton box will include garments of singlecolour and same size. F or example, 2 0 shirts of a similar colour say navy blue and the size say S will be put in one carton box. y Ratio Packing :

In this method the carton box includes garments of same colour but of different sizes according to the ratio. F or example, S : M : L : XL = 5 : 7 : 7 : 5. y Mixed Packing : In this method the carton box includes garments of different colours but of same size or garments with different colours and different sizes in a particular ratioform.After the packing is done the garments are kept in the godown/stores until the buyer sends the buyer Q C for the inspection purpose before delivering them and once the Q C arrives he willcheck them according to the 2 . 5 A Q L level and then see if the garments has to be accepted or rejected